Pipe-hanger



w. HARDING,

PIPE HANGER. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 161M 21.

1,399,96Q Patented 1m 13,1921.

Qwuzntoz W: Hardin UNITED STATES WILLIAM HARDING, or CLEVELAND, omo.

PIPE-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 13, 1921.

Application filed March 16, 1921. Serial No. 452,843.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HARDING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga' and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pipe-Hangers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art' to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to hangers for attaching pipe, cable or the like to metal beams or wooden timbers.

The invention provides a hanger which may be quickly applied and easily adjusted, if necessary, to aline the work and which obviates drilling metal beams and the use of metal straps which corrode and quickly give way when subjected to moisture.

The invention consists of a hanger formed of a metal bar or like part of suitable gage and cross sectional outline, having a sling or suspending loop at one end with lateral points at the ends of the side member to engage the beam, and adapted to have the opposite end portion bent and engaged with the beam, or like part. b

Other objects and advantages will be apparent and suggest themselves as the nature of the invention i understood.

While the drawings illustrate an embodiment of the invention, it is to be under-' stood that in adapting the same to meet different conditions and requirements, various changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the nature of the invention.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of the specification,

Figure 1 is perspective view of the form of hanger designed for metal beams,

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the form of hanger devised for wooden beams,

Fig. 3 is a detail view showing the form of hanger illustrated in Fig. 1 applied, and

Fig. 4 is a detail view illustrating the ap plication of the form of hanger shown in OI'I'GSPOIIdlIlg and like parts are referred to in the following descrlption and designated in the several views of the drawings by like reference characters.

The hanger is formed from a metal bar, rod or Stout wire of suitable length, gage and cross section outline. 'This bar has a sling or suspending loop '1 at one end. The side members of the sling or loop 1 have their terminal portions bent laterally in the same direction to form points 2 which are adapted to engage the beam or like part and hold the device in suspension. The opposite end portion of the bar is adapted to be bent laterally so as to project in an opposite direction to the slin or loop 1.

Fig. 1 illustrates the form of hanger designed most especially for use in connection with metal beams having lateral flanges. 3 illustrates a metal I-beam. The lateral points 2 of the han er engage the lower flange on one side 0 the beam 3 and, the end portion of the bar is bent upwardly and inwardly, as indicated at 4, to engage the lower flange on the opposlte side of the beam 3. The suspending points 2 equalize the load on the han er of the weight receiving portion 1, an the bent end portion 4 prevents disengagement of the points 2 from the beam. 7 The pipe, cable or like part 5 is suspended in the sling or loop 1 and engages'the under side of the beam 3. Obviously the work may be alined by moving the hanger along the beam by tapping the same with a hammer or like instrument on one side Or the other.

The form of hanger illustrated in Fig. 2 is substantially the same as that shown in Fig. 1 with the exception that the extremi ties of the suspending points 2 are made tapering so a to be driven into-the side of a wooden beam, and the opposite end portion of the bar is provided with aplurality of openings 7 for receiving a nail or analogous fastening for securing the hanger when applied to a wooden beam, as illustrated in Fig. 4. This form of hanger, when applied, has the points 2 driven into a side of a wooden beam 8, the opposite end portion of the bar being bent upwardly against the opposite side of the beam 8 and made secure by means of a nail 9 or like fastening driven into the beam through one of the openings 7. It is to be understood that the pipe, cable or like part. may be suspended from the hanger at a point directly below the beam in any manner, should the exigencies of the work require such arrangement.

What is claimed is:

1. A hanger of the character specified, comprising a bar having a suspending loo at one end with the end portions of its side 7 members bent laterally in the same direction to form suspending points and having the extremities of the suspending points made tapering for ready penetration of a wooden beam and having the opposite end portion of the bar provided with an opening to receive a fastening to secure the hanger after the end portion of the bar has been bent laterally against the opposite side of the beam from that receiving the said suspending points.

2. A hanger consisting of a bar having a suspending loop provided with a point extending laterally therefrom, said bar being returned toward the loop and then extended beyond the point to provide a securing portion, and said point extending from the same side of the loop as and in spaced relation to the securing portion,

3; A hanger comprising a vbar provided With a loop, said loop having its ends extending laterally to form points, a bar being returned against one of said points and the loop then extended in spaced relation to the last loop and beyond the same to provide a securing portion.

In testimonywhereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

J OHN SOHEEL, PATRICK REED. 

